Mykolaiv fencers won silver at the World Cup in Thailand

Contribution to the national team’s treasury: Mykolaiv para-athletes won medals at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup. From 29 August to 2 September the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup took place in Chonburi (Pattaya, Thailand). Para-athletes from 29 countries participated.

The Ukrainian team was represented by 10 athletes, among them Mykolaiv fencers: Oleh Naumenko, Dmytro Seryozhenko, Oleksiy Zakusilov, Tetyana Poznyak.

The Mykolaiv athletes showed excellent results, winning top honors: Oleh Naumenko – “silver” in the épée among men (category B); Oleh Naumenko, Dmytro Seryozhenko, Oleksiy Zakusilov – “silver” in the team foil.

Our athletes were coached by Hennadiy Yanovskyi, Volodymyr Khrystyk and Oleksandr Doroshyn.

As a result, the Ukrainian national Paralympic wheelchair fencing team finished the World Cup with 5 major awards (4 silver and 1 bronze) and placed sixth overall.

We congratulate our team and their coaches on a brilliant performance!

Source: Mykolaiv City Council.

Earlier we wrote:

• Seven medals for Mykolaiv: para-fencers performed brilliantly at the Ukrainian Championship
• The world saw Mykolaiv’s strength: our para-fencers took five medals in Budapest
• Medals from Italy for Mykolaiv: our para-fencers achieved a worthy victory at the World Cup
• Mykolaiv athletes brought Ukraine the “gold” at the Wheelchair Fencing World Championship
• Wheelchair fencers won 9 medals for Mykolaiv at the Ukrainian Championship